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Surgery of the Craniovertebral Junction

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PART I: Foundations for Surgical Treatment

1. Embryology, Developmental Anatomy, and Classification of Disorders of the Craniovertebral Junction, Arnold Menezes
2. Anatomic Basis of Surgical Approaches to the Region of the Foramen Magnum, Albert Rhoton, Jr. and Evandro de Oliveira
3. Biomechanics of the Craniovertebral Junction, Curtis A. Dickman and Neil Crawford
4. Radiologic Evaluation of the Craniovertebral Junction, John Hodak, Alexander Mamorian, and Bruce Dean
5. Neurological Syndromes of the Craniovertebral Junction, Allan D.O. Levi

PART II: Surgical Indications and Decision Making

6. Congenital Malformations of the Craniovertebral Junction, John Piper and Vincent Traynelis
7. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Degenerative Diseases, Alan Crockard and Adrian Casey
8. Traumatic Injuries of the Craniovertebral Junction, Curtis A. Dickman, Karl Greene, and Volker K.H. Sonntag
9. Bone Softening Diseases and Disorders of Bone Metabolism, H. Louis Harkey and Winston Capel
10. Primary Osseous and Metastatic Neoplasms of Bone at the Craniovertebral Junction, David Segal and Narayan Sundaresan
11. Primary Extramedullary Tumors of the Craniovertebral Junction, Yong-Kee Park, Blake Wellington, and Ossama Al-Mefty
12. Management of Intramedullary Lesions of the Cervicomedullary Junction and High Cervical Spinal Cord, Jonathan Lustgarten and Paul McCormick
13. Management of Vertebral Artery Dissections, Vascular Insufficiency, and Bypasses, Mark G. Hamilton and Gary Dix
14. Arteriovenous Malformations of the Craniovertebral Junction, B. Gregory Thompson and Robert F. Spetzler
15. Aneurysms of the Craniovertebral Junction, Adam Brown and Joseph M. Zabramski
16. Cavernous Malformations of the Cervicomedullary Junction, John R. Robinson, Jr. and Joseph M. Zabramski

PART III: SURGICAL TECHNIQUES

Introduction: Overview of Surgical Approaches to the Craniovertebral Junction,.Michael T. Lawton, Robert F. Spetzler, and Curtis A. Dickman
17. Transoral Approach, Curtis A. Dickman, Robert F. Spetzler, and Volker K.H. Sonntag, and Paul J. Apostolides
18. Transoral-Extended Maxillotomy, H. Louis Harkey and Alan Crockard
19. Transoral-Translabiomandibular Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction, Ivo Janecka
20. Transfacial Approaches to the Craniovertebral Junction, Stephen Beals and Edward Joganic
21. Anterior Retropharyngeal Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction, Arnold Vardiman, Curtis A. Dickman, and Volker K.H. Sonntag
22. Infratemporal Fossa Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction, Thomas Wascher and Robert F. Spetzler
23. Mandibular Swing-Transcervical Approach, Mario Ammirati
24. Far Lateral Suboccipital Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction, B. Gregory Thompson and Robert F. Spetzler
25. Transpetrosal Approaches, C. Phillip Daspit and Michael T. Lawton
26. Extended Transpetrosal Approaches to the Craniovertebral Junction, Hillel Z. Baldwin, Robert F. Spetzler, and C. Phillip Daspit
27. Surgical Treatment of Chiari Malformations, Harold L. Rekate
28. Posterolateral Approach to the Upper Cervical Spine, Chandranath Sen
29. Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine, William Schucart and Jonathan Borden
30. Exposure of the Upper Cervical Vertebral Artery, Bernard George
31. Exposures of Intracranial Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations, Michael Tymianski, A. Giancarlo Vishteh, and Joseph M. Zabramski
32. Vertebral Endarterectomy, John A. Anson and Robert F. Spetzler
33. Posterior Fossa Revascularization, B. Gregory Thompson and Robert F. Spetzler
34. Approaches to the Jugular Foramen: European Experience, Madjid Samii and Maros Tatagida
35. Surgical Treatment of Jugular Foramen Lesions: North American Experience, Laligam Sekhar, Seong Ho Kim, Donald Wright, and Angela Jakany
36. Suboccipital and Retrosigmoid Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction, Albert Rhoton, Jr.

PART IV: FIXATION AND FUSION TECHNIQUES

37. Biology of Spinal Fusion, Curtis A. Dickman
38. Techniques of Bone Graft Harvesting and Spinal Fusion, Curtis A. Dickman
39. General Principles of Spinal Screw Fixation, Curtis A. Dickman and Volker K.H. Sonntag
40. Odontoid Screw Fixation, Curtis A. Dickman and Volker K.H. Sonntag
41 Anterior Atlantoaxial Facet Screw Fixation, Paul J. Apostolides, Volker K.H. Sonntag, and Curtis A. Dickman
42. Posterior Atlantoaxial Transarticular Screw Fixation, Curtis A. Dickman and Volker K.H. Sonntag
43. Cannulated Screw Techniques for the Upper Cervical Spine, Curtis A. Dickman and Volker K.H. Sonntag
44. Occipitocervical Screw Plates, Curtis A. Dickman
45. General Principles of Spinal Wire and Cable Fixation, Curtis A. Dickman and Volker K.H. Sonntag
46. Posterior Atlantoaxial Wiring Techniques, Volker K.H. Sonntag and Curtis A. Dickman
47. Occipitocervical Wiring Techniques, Paul J. Apostolides, Volker K.H. Sonntag, and Curtis A. Dickman
48. Halifax Clamps, Curtis A. Dickman

 
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